Workbench Brainstorming Lab
Curating cutting-edge builds, YouTube tutorials, and open-source blueprints for ayushdubey.tech.
🎥 YouTube & Tutorials
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Deep Dive
Building an AI-Powered Soldering Station with ESP32-P4
Showcase how microwave radar detects user presence to auto-heat the iron, and the 2.8" SPI display guides wiring steps in real-time.
Speed Build
Push-to-Talk Desktop Dictation with Groq Whisper & Linux GPIO
Walkthrough of how physical pin 3 triggers INMP441 I2S mic recording and parses voice gestures into live Konsole commands.
Concept Explainer
Physical AI: Why LLMs Need Model Context Protocol (MCP) on Real Hardware
Demonstrating AI agents querying bench multimeters, toggling relays, and reading component drawer inventory over JSON-RPC 2.0.
🛠️ Hardware Blueprints
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PCB Release
2.8" SPI Secondary Soldering Display Backpack
Custom carrier board interfacing ILI9341 display with ESP32-P4 and Raspberry Pi GPIO with 5V/3.3V logic translation.
Sensor Rig
LD2410 24GHz mmWave Radar Isolation Enclosure
3D printable bench mount that isolates microwave reflections and houses the optical isolation relays for safety.
Audio Rig
INMP441 Microphone + MAX98357A Dual I2S Hat
Clean header footprint connecting I2S mic & speaker cleanly to Raspberry Pi pins 12, 35, 38 without spaghetti jumpers.
📦 Open Source Releases
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GitHub Repo
Workbench MCP Server Bridge (Stdio + HTTP)
Publish `workbench_mcp_server.py` with full documentation for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Antigravity pair programming.
Web Library
SVG Circuit Playground Visual Simulator
Open source the interactive pinout and component wiring canvas with zero heavy dependencies (pure vanilla JS + SVG).
AI Prompt Pack
Richard Feynman Hardware Copilot System Prompts
Open-sourcing the cheerful, intuitive Feynman persona prompts tailored for electronics debugging and biology analogies.
🚀 Community Initiatives
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Hub
Ayush Dubey's Maker Sanctuary Discord
Channels for hardware debugging, PCB review, embedded firmware help, and showing off physical workbench setups.
Challenge
Monthly "Bits to Atoms" Hardware Hackathon
Theme-based build challenges with open-source voting and hardware prizes (microcontrollers, development boards).
Live Stream
Live Soldering & Hardware Debug Streams
Streaming live from the workbench with the Adafruit telemetry bar visible and viewers interacting with bench AI.